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- NAME: Steve Biko
- OCCUPATION: Activist
- BIRTH DATE: December 18, 1946
- DEATH DATE: September 12, 1977
- EDUCATION: St. Francis College, University of Natal Medical School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: King William's Town, South Africa
- PLACE OF DEATH: Pretoria, South Africa
- Full Name: Bantu Stephen Biko
- AKA: Stephen Biko
- AKA: Steve Biko
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Steve Biko spearheaded the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. He died in 1977, from injuries sustained while in police custody.
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Personal Life
In 1970, Biko married Ntsiki Mashalaba. The couple later had two children together: sons Nkosinathi and Samora. Biko also had two children with Mamphela Ramphele, an active member of the Black Consciousness Movement: daughter Lerato, who was born in 1974 and died of pneumonia at 2 months old, and son Hlumelo, born in 1978. Additionally, Biko had a child with Lorraine Tabane in 1977, a daughter named Motlatsi.
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